The Second Century of Cinema: The Past and Future of the Moving Image (The Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video),Used

From Library Journal Editor of the publisher's "Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video" series (of which this book is an entry), editorinchief of the Quarterly Review of Film & Video, and chair of the University of Nebraska's film studies program, Dixon displays a remarkable knowledge of filmindustry history. His chapter titles and contents are not clearly delineated, however, and it often seems as if there were two separate books here: one on digital cinema and another on cinematic marginalization, "in which the potential viewer, through a variety of strategies, is literally denied access to a completed work." Dixon suggests that the "film medium itself is about to undergo a massive transformation"; discusses the effects of digital technologies on film production, distribution, and exhibition; and includes pertinent interviews with filmmakers such as Bryan Forbes and Roger Corman. Recommended for large academic and public libraries and libraries with film studies collections.Bruce Henson, Georgia Inst. of Technology Lib. & Information Ctr., Atlanta Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Contemplates the future of cinema in light of emerging digital technologies and new systems of distribution. Review "Against the background of a consideration of how new video and digital technologies are changing the nature of film as a medium, the book surveys a wide variety of alternative filmmaking practices: marginal enterprises that, in various ways, provide choices and perspectives that depart from the norms of the Hollywood culture industry. Seemingly the whole world of international culture is open to him, from feature films to independent cinema to CDROMs and the Internet; from literature to theatre to art. Is there nothing Dixon doesn't know or hasn't seen?" David Desser"These alternative practices are discussed from the points of view of funding, production, and distribution, as well as those of content and technique. Dixon looks at all aspects of filmmaking in order to excavate and display ways in which other voices and other viewpoints can be realized artistically and made accessible to viewers." Steven Shaviro"It's a very readable book, conversational/chatty, amazing filmographic sweep, tidbits of all kinds of interesting information, asides, interpretations, prophecies, gossip, concerns, and categorizations." Joseph Natoli About the Author Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, Coordinator of the Film Studies Program, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and, with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, editor of the new book series Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture for Rutgers University Press. He is the author of more than thirty books on film history, theory and criticism, as well as more than 100 articles in various academic journals. He is also an active experimental filmmaker, whose works are in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.His recent books include Black & White Cinema: A Short History (2015); Streaming: Movies, Media and Instant Access (2013); Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood (2012); 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation (2011, coauthored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster); A History of Horror (2010); and Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009). Dixon's book A Short History of Film (2008, coauthored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster) was reprinted six times through 2012. A second, revised edition was published in 2013; a third, revised edition was published in 2018. The book is a required text in universities throughout the world.Visit wheelerwinstondixon.com for more details on Dixon's books, films, and articles.